Musical toy



' J. BARTOLOWSKY.

MUSICAL T0.Y. APPLICATION mu) FEB. I5, 1921.

J kome Bakiolows/ty.

,7 BARTOLOWSKY, OF OAKLAND, GALIFORNIA.

MUSICAL TOY.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patlgnhgd umygag, 1%}22,

Application filed February 15, 1921. Serial No. $45,239.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEROME BARroLowsKr, a citizen of the Republic ofGermany, resid ing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MusicalToys, of which the following is a specification. f

My invention is a musical toy by means of which musical sounds areproduced when it is rotated.

Referring to the annexed drawing in which my invention is illustratedand which forms a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my toy.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the lower portion of my toywith one of the perforated sound chamber plates removed.

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of my toy taken on line 3-3of Figure 1.

My toy includes a bar 1, a sound box 2 secured to one end of said barand a handle 3 journaled on the other end of said bar. The sound box 2is formed with four sound chambers 4, 5, 6 and 7, the chambers 4 and 5being arranged side by side and below the chambers 6 and 7 respectivelywhich are also arranged side by side. A slotted plate 8 divides thechambers 4i and 5, on the right side of which plate are secured reeds 9which register with the slots in the plate. A slotted plate 10 dividesthe chambers 6 and 7, on the left side of which plates are secured reeds11 which register with the slots in the plate. The upper and lower wallsof the chamber 4 converge outwardly while the upper andlower walls ofthe chamber 5 diverge outwardly. The upper and lower walls of thechamber 6 diverge outwardlywhile the upper and lower walls of thechamber 7 converge outwardly. A perforated plate 12 is secured to theside,upper and lower walls of the chambers 4 and 6,'forming the outsidewall of said chambers, said plate having a plurality of holes 13 leadinginto chamber 4 and a plurality of holes 14 leading into chamber 6. Aperforated plate 15 is secured to the outer edge of the side, upper andlower walls of the chambers 5 and 7, forming the outside wall of saidchambers, said plate having holes 16 and 17 respectively leading intosaid chambers. The handle 3 extends horizontally from the rear edge ofthe bar 1 and is secured on a shaft 18 journaled in a bearing secured toone side of the bar 1 at the upper end and transversely thereof.

By grasping the handle 3, the bar 1 and sound box 2 may be rotated ineither direction about the shaft 18. When rotated clockwise air passesthrough holes 13, chamber a, slotted plate 8, chamber 5 and holes 16,and through holes 14;, chamber 6, slotted plate 10, chamber 7 and holes16, which causes the reeds 9 and 11 to vibrate and produce a musicalsound, the reeds 9 producing one chord and the reeds 11 producinganother chord.

When the sound box is rotated counterclockwise air passes therethroughand causes the reeds 9 and 11 to vibrate and produce respectively chordsa tone lower and higher than the tones which they produce when the soundbox is rotated clockwise, because the chamber 5 is larger than chamber4: and the chamber 7 is smaller than chamber 6.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A musical toy including a bar, a handle journaled on one end of saidbar for rotating it, a sound box on the other end of said bar, a pair ofsound chambers in said sound box, a slotted plate and reeds between saidchambers.

2. A musical toy including a bar, a handle journaled on one end of saidbar for rotating it, a sound box on the other end of said bar, a pair ofsound chambers in said. sound box, a slotted plate andv reeds betweensaid chambers, one of said chambers being larger than the other.

3. A. musical toy including a bar, a handle journaled on one end of saidbar for rotating it, a sound box on the other end of said bar, means insaid sound box for producing one sound when it is rotated in onedirection and for producing another sound when rotate-d in the otherdirection, two pairs of sound chambers in said sound box, a slottedplate and reeds between each pair of chambers, one chamber of each pairbeing larger than the other.

4. A musical toy including bar, a handle journaled on one end. of saidbar for rotating it, a sound box on the other end of said bar, means insaid sound box for producing one sound when it is rotated in onedirection and for producing another sound when rotated in the otherdirection, two pairs of sound chambers in said sound box, a slottedplate and reeds between each pair of chain-- bers, one chamber of eachpair being larger than the other, reeds of one bar forming a differentchord from the reeds of the other bar.

5. A musical toy including a bar, a handle journaled on one end of saidbar for rotating it, a sound box on the other end of said bar, means insaid sound box for producing one sound when it is rotated in onedirection and for producing another sound when rotated in the otherdirection, two pairs of sound chambers in said sound box, a slottedplate and reeds between each pair of chambers, one chamber of each pairbeing larger than the other, the small chamber of one pair of chambersbeing located at the side opposite the side of the sound box at whichthe small chamber of the other pair of chambers is located.

6. A musical toy including a bar, a handle journaled on one end of saidbar 'I' or rotat ing it, a sound box on the other end of said bar meansin said sound box for producing one sound when it is rotated in onedirection and for producing another sound when rotated in the otherdirection, two pairs of sound chambers in said sound box, a slottedplate and reeds between each pair of chambers, one chamber of each pairbeing larger than the other, the reeds of one bar forming a diilerentchord from the reeds of the other bar, the small chamber of? one pair ofchambers being located at the side opposite the side of the sound box atwhich the small chamber of the other pair of chambers is located.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JEROME BARTOLOWVSKY.

